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22/06/13

it was once believed that sperm contained tiny people that grew into full-sized humans

there was once a book written in 1998 that predicted the value of beanie babies to be $1000-2000 in 2008. dammit, you guys.

dying is illegal in longyearbyen, norway, because the town’s small graveyard stopped accepting bodies after discovering the permafrost prevented the bodies from decomposing.

dave thomas (from wendy’s) went back to high school in 1993 to get his ged because he was worried that his success as a high school dropout might convince other kids to quit school

there’s a pepper grown in japan called the shishito pepper– only 1 out of 10 of them are spicy, and there’s no way of knowing beforehand.

some women have a genetic mutation which causes them to see millions of more colours than everyone else (cause they have a fourth colour-vision cone in their eyes..!)

a male tiger in india adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of the mother. apparently, this is the first time anything like this has been observed before. WAY TO REVERSE GENDER ROLES, BROTHER.

2pac’s double-platinum posthumous album “loyal to the game” was composed and produced entirely by eminem, with 100% of royalties going to tupac’s mom.

spielberg returned to college in 2002 to finish his film degree. when the assignment was to submit a sample of filmmaking proficiency, he submitted schindler’s list. what a suckup.